Sam Hall column: “Mississippi has a law that says a person cannot vote in a party primary unless they intend to support that party’s nominee in the general election. The law is all but unenforceable and is contradicted by other state statutes, but nevertheless it has gotten a lot of attention over the past week.”
More: “….records show that McDaniel himself voted in the Democratic primary in Jones County in 2003. Considering his vote in the Democratic primary and this state law, one of three scenarios is likely true:
- McDaniel voted in the Democratic primary with every intention of supporting Haley Barbour against Ronnie Musgrove in the general election and in doing so broke state law;
- McDaniel voted in the Democratic primary with every intention of supporting Musgrove but changed his mind at some point and eventually voted for Barbour in the general election, which would contradict his claims of being a Republican since the days of Ronald Reagan;
- McDaniel voted for Musgrove in the general election after voting in the Democratic primary, which would be far more politically damning than breaking an unenforceable state law with no teeth in it.”
I wrote about this unenforceable law earlier this week.